.:Two Hand Touch:.
"I'm going to die aren't I?" Camille squeaked as she adjusted her hat, making sure that her hair was completely covering her hair.
"Relax," WayneWayne muttered as he stepped over a spot of damp grass. "You're going to be fine. Besides," he pointed his chin over to Stephanie, Riley, and Rhuben. "With you girls playing we're going to be playing two-hand touch football."
"Yeah, well, they better be careful where they put their hands," Riley grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest. "Especially since the last time James got a little too grabby."
"Don't let Jo hear you say that," Dak commented, placing his hands on his hips as they walked. "You know she'll probably beat you down."
"Who knew that a girl that's as nice as Jo could actually known how to use her judo skills," Rhuben added, shaking her head. She then let out a sigh and rubbed her hands together before grinning evilly. "So, who's ready to kick the guys' asses?"
"Ok, now I think you're taking the whole 'get back at the guys' thing a little bit too far," Stephanie commented as she walked along with them, twisting her hair into a ponytail, letting it swing between her shoulder blades as she took a step. "Don't get me wrong, it's a good idea, but I mean, how much longer we can take them being completely clueless until we tell them."
"Um," Riley pretended to rub her chin. "Until Jo gives us free reign, she's the 'leader' of this idea, remember?" she used air-quotes around the words.
"Not being the leader of this plan really bugs you doesn't it?" Dak asked, reaching over and flicking her on the back of the head. "Newsflash, McGuire, you can't be the bitch of everything-whoa!" In retaliation to flicking her, Riley quickly turned to the side and stuck out her foot, causing Dak to trip and fall to the ground, making the others laugh.
"You ok?" Rhuben was still laughing as she reached down and pulled him to his feet.
"Don't worry, his ego is still intact," Riley replied with a wave of her hand.
"Yo Dak," James called from the stretch of grass that they used for the football field in Palm Woods Park. Well, they used it for pretty much any game they could think of, football, kickball, soccer, baseball. "Are you sure you're up to playing? I mean, if you're already falling just on the walk over here, you might not be up for a game."
"Haha," Dak rolled his eyes as they arrived on the field. He turned and raised a hand, giving a wave to Katie, Patrick, Noah, and Sydney, who were sitting on the sidelines of the field, basking in the sun. They gave a wave back.
"The boys aren't going to play?" Rhuben asked, turning to Logan, raising an eyebrow. "Usually they jump at the chance."
"After what happened last time, when Patrick and Noah got a little too into the game and forgot about the 'two-hand-touch' rule…" Kendall sucked in a breath as he passed a football back and forth between his hands. "I think it would be better if they just sit this one out."
"Something tells me they're not happy," WayneWayne commented with a laugh, immediately going into 'boyfriend-mode', which is what Jo now called it, and placed a hand on Riley's shoulder.
Kendall forced a short laugh in reply, giving WayneWayne a odd look, before tossing him the football a little too hard. "You can be quarterback of one team; I'll be the quarterback of the other." He informed him and the others moved into a straight line to be determined as to whose team they were on. "How do we figure out who chooses first?"
"I'm thinking of a number between one and-"Carlos started but Logan interrupted him.
"Pizza," he stated lamely and turned to the helmet-clad boy, whose eyes widened in reply.
"How'd you know that I was thinking of pizza?" Carlos asked, his mouth dropping as wide as his eyes were. Logan gave a snort, and then smirked as he turned his best friend.
"You're Carlos," he replied simply. "You're really easy to figure out."
"Cool," Carlos smiled impishly.
Stephanie looked over at him and laughed, causing Carlos' smile to widen. Stephanie brushed a strand of hair over her ear and then turned her attention back Kendall and WayneWayne, her mind wandering. I don't get it, if Carlos is already interested in me, why am I pretending that I'm not interested when I clearly am? I've got to talk to Jo about this again, we've been at this for a couple of weeks now and nothing has worked, maybe we can just come clean and tell them how annoyed we are. Nothing works but the truth.
"Ok, let's do this," Logan sighed and held both of his hands behind his back. "Whomever can guess what number I'm holding up, or is the closest to it, is the first person to pick their teams." He waited a few seconds, moving his fingers around, and then nodded, signaling that he was ready.
"4," Kendall replied after a second of silence.
"I don't know," WayneWayne shrugged and looked at the sky in thought. "1?"
"It was 2," Logan moved his fingers out behind his back, giving him the peace sign. "WayneWayne, you pick first."
"Oh," Dak gave a smirk, rolling his head over towards Riley. "I wonder who he's going to pick first?"
"Can it, Zevon." Riley shot back out of the side of her mouth.
"Why is it that this is the first time that you've ever fought with one of my boyfriends?" Rhuben asked, purposely raising her voice. Dak moved a hand over his mouth, covering his snickers as Camille shushed him, elbowing him in the side. Kendall, James, Logan, and Carlos exchanged odd looks, not sure what was going on, nor what to say.
Katie nearly laughed out loud. "Wow, they're really slow on the uptake on this one," she said to herself, lifting her sunglasses up off of her face, squinting through the sunlight. She shook her head and put her sunglasses back on.
"What was that?" Sydney asked, lifting his head from his video camera. "You were kind of mumbling."
Should I tell them? Katie rolled the idea around in her head, thinking hard about it. These guys are my best friends, and it is their sister that was turned down harshly by Kendall that one day, and then Rhuben was called a guy by Logan, and they can't really keep secrets from each other. She tilted her head back the other way. So, I might as well just tell them.
"You ok?" Noah raised an eyebrow behind his sunglasses. "You seem to be spacing."
"I was just trying to decide whether or not to tell you guys something," Katie replied slowly and then rubbed her neck. "But I might as well because they can't hear me anyway," she motioned over to her friends; where James and Carlos were arguing loudly about something. "You know that day that Kendall turned Riley down for a date?"
"Yeah," Patrick nodded slowly. "She was really upset about it, like in only the way that Riley could be," he added with a short laugh, and then noticed Katie's curious look. "She darted his picture until it was covered in holes."
"Ouch," Katie remarked.
"Yeah," Sydney laughed. "You should have seen what she did with the last guys she dated that she broke up with." He then looked confused, pulling his sunglasses off of his face. "But what does this have to do with Kendall?"
"Well, after the idiot turned her down, in kind of an embarrassing way, she has now conspired with the other girls that they don't like being called 'One of the Guys'," she used air quotes. "So now they're trying to get back at them the only way they know how." She started to count off on her fingers. "Jo is pretending to be interested in James, even though we know she is, and is going to dinner with him soon and will stiff him for the bill after ordering a lot of expensive food. Then Stephanie is trying to flirt with Carlos even more than usual, just to turn him down after he asks her out, which he will. And Riley and Rhuben are pretending to date Dak and WayneWayne so Kendall and Logan will get jealous." She paused. "Oh and Camille is dressing up as a guy named Cam, who you guys are supposed to know by the way, to see if the guys say anything different if girls aren't around, as well as seeing if they really are 'just one of the guys' to them."
Noah burst out laughing, having a loud laugh in contrast to his soft voice. "Oh my god, that's hysterical."
"They already are jealous if you couldn't see that," Patrick stated, his lip curling up at the corner.
"What?" Katie looked confused.
"Yeah," Noah nodded in agreement. "Syd accidentally overheard," he looked over at Sydney, who shrugged innocently in reply. "The guys talking one day and apparently Kendall at first didn't think that it was a good idea to date Riles, you know, just in case they broke up and ruined their friendship, but after seeing her with WayneWayne it's pissing him off, no matter how hard he tries to hide it. Same with Logan."
"Like I said, idiots." Katie sighed, shaking her head.
"Yeah, but it's entertaining for us." Patrick agreed with a shrug. "So," he leaned over and nudged Katie's shoulder. "What are you doing to torture them?"
"Nothing," Katie replied, shaking her head. "I'm just watching everything blow up in everyone's faces." She then gave a wicked smirk. "Which we all know is going to happen soon."
"Mhm," Patrick replied, still looking at her.
"Alright," WayneWayne tucked the football under his arm. "For my first pick is…Dak." He stated, pointing to his best friend, then held up his hand for a high-five when Dak jogged over to his side.
"Ok," Kendall gave WayneWayne an odd look, which the latter ignored, and then turned back to the rest of his friends with a smile. "I'll pick Riley."
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Hockey-Head?" Riley asked as she slowly walked over to him, shooting her eyes over to WayneWayne. When Kendall wasn't paying attention, WayneWayne looked back at her and discreetly nodded.
"You can run fast, and that's something I'll definitely need," Kendall replied. "Plus, you'll probably be gunning for Dak so that'll leave me time to score."
"Right," Riley replied shortly and then stood next to him, tilting her head to the side and scratching the side of her head.
"I'll go with Rhuben." WayneWayne continued.
"Logan." Kendall replied.
"Dude," James turned to Carlos with wide eyes, reaching out and slapping him on the chest. "How can we not get picked first and second?"
"I know," Carlos replied and crossed his arms over his chest, sticking his lower lip out. "I'm offended!"
"Ok, Carlos, I'll pick you then." WayneWayne rolled his eyes, although he was trying not to laugh. "Just, don't jump on me," he stated, holding up his hands defensively as Carlos let out a whoop and charged over towards WayneWayne.
"James," Kendall added. "And while I'm at it, I think I'll go with Stephanie." He gave a friendly grin as Stephanie smiled and jogged over to his side. "That way if Cam ends up being a bad player we have a better chance of winning."
"Always have to be competitive don't you?" Dak asked, rolling his eyes. "Whatever, you can get kick-off or whatever; you're not going to win anyway."
"Now who's competitive," Kendall shot back and then turned to his team. "Ok, so this is what's going to happen, James is going to do the kick off and whomever catches it, I want you, you, and you," he motioned to Riley, Logan, and Stephanie. "To charge after him or her, and if it's my guess, it will probably be Carlos that's going to catch it. That way James and I can get him if he gets by you."
"Ok, but one problem," Riley stated as she ran her hand through her hair, fixing her pig-tails. "What if at one point or another I get thrown the ball and the only good thing to do is to throw it to someone else," she shrugged. "I can't throw a football well."
"Yeah," James snickered. "I think we all knew that from the last time you played, when you ended up hitting Logan in the back of the head."
"Yeah, I still got that bump," Logan stated as he walked by Kendall's team, getting ready to play.
"Sorry, Logie," Riley gave a short wave of apology and then turned back to her team, leaning against Stephanie's side, resting her arms against her shoulders and then pursed her lips in a little pout. "So if I get passed the ball, I can't be held accountable for my actions."
Stephanie silently laughed. You go girl, way to put on that flirtatious charm!
"Oh, that's fine," Kendall smiled. "Just-"
"Here, I'll show you," WayneWayne interrupted, walking over to them. He placed the football in Riley's right hand and made sure to stand closer to her as he placed his other hand on her waist. "You want to keep your fingers spread apart to grip the ball well," he then placed his right hand over hers. "And when you throw it, you want to have a snapping motion." He then slowly moved her arm forward, demonstrating for her. "Your hands are kinda small, but that should do it."
"Thanks," Riley replied with a smile and turned, surprising him by lightly pecking him on the lips.
"Whoa," James stated with a grin. "Who knew that our little Riley would actually be one to initiate a kiss," he reached out and messed up Riley's hair. He then gave a yelp as Kendall snatched the ball from Riley's hand and moved by James, accidentally hitting him. "What'd I say?"
"Ok, I seriously don't know how much longer I can go through this without laughing in their faces," Dak whispered to Rhuben as they went to take their places on the field.
"Yeah, well, if you do, you'll ruin everything," Rhuben replied, looking up as Logan jogged by. "Why are you helping us anyway?" She narrowed her eyes at the teen icon. "I mean, I get WayneWayne helping Riley, because she's going to help him with Camille in return, but what is it that you want?"
"At this point I just want to see you guys happy," Dak replied, crossing his arms over his chest, looking away from the sunlight. "And because I know that you know a lot of girls in Hollywood, you can help me with any of them if I ever get tongue-tied."
"The teen-icon, tongue-tied?" Rhuben slapped a hand against her chest. "God forbid."
"Shut up," Dak laughed and lightly shoved her.
"You guys ready?" Kendall called from where he was crouched on the ground, holding onto the football with his right hand. He got shouts of encouragement in reply. "Ok, here we go!" He turned and nodded to James and then squeezed his eyes shut as James nodded back and started running towards him.
James took a deep breath, pulled his foot back, and shot it forward. The football made a dull thunk sound and then went sailing through the air towards the other team. Surprisingly, it wasn't Carlos that caught the ball, it was Camille. She was so surprised herself that she just stood there and looked down at the ball as Logan, Riley, and Stephanie started racing towards her.
"Don't just stand there," Carlos shouted. "Run!"
Camille looked up and then let out a shriek when she saw her friends running towards her and quickly darted away. Somehow, in her panic, she managed to dodge all three of them, and darted by Kendall, but when James was on her, she knew that it was all over. He gave her, what was supposed to be a light slap on the back, but it sent her sprawling, knocking the football out of her hands.
"Ugh," Camille let out a grunt as she hit the ground on the stomach. Behind her, she could hear Stephanie's gasp and was sure that she had turned away as soon as Camille hit the ground. The method actress dragged herself off of the ground, her hands immediately flying to her hair to make sure that it was still hidden under her hat. "I thought the game was two-hand touch."
"It is, Cam," WayneWayne replied as he stood over her and held out a hand, hauling her to her feet. "But you're forgetting that you're significantly shorter than James, who can easily run you over."
"Yeah, I guess I did forget that," Camille rubbed her forehead, where a knot was forming. "I can't believe that Steph, Riles, and Rhubes, can play this so well."
"Hey, you're getting good, just-"
"Uh," Logan gave the two of them an odd look as he walked by. His eyes quickly shot down to Camille's and WayneWayne's hands. "Any particular reason why you two are-"
"No reason," WayneWayne quickly pulled his hand away. "Just making sure the new kid is ok!"
"Yeah," Camille lowered her voice. "Hard hit and all that, I'm still under jet lag, wasn't watching where I was going," she struggled to use the best Australian accent that she could, after having been given a quick lesson on the way over to the park. She then turned and punched WayneWayne on the shoulder. "Thanks dude."
"You're welcome," WayneWayne grimaced and rubbed his shoulder.
"Right," Logan replied slowly, his eyelids lowering.
"Hey Logie-Bear," Rhuben suddenly appeared at his side and snatched the ball from him arm. "Don't' worry about those two and get back to the game," she smirked as Logan winced and spun the football on her finger and then pressed it into his chest, taking a step closer to him. "Unless you already know that you're going to lose."
"Not gonna happen, Bella," Logan replied with a smirk.
"Wow this whole plan is getting on my nerves," Camille replied with a heavy sigh.
"Don't worry about it," WayneWayne replied and patted her on the shoulder. "Not much longer and this should work."
He flashed her a charming smile and then ran back to his team, Camille trotting after him, silently muttering curses under her breath, knowing a bruise was forming on her ribs.
A/N: Wow, last chapter was supposed to be about Steph, but now I'm gonna smush it together to be Stephanie and Riley in this chapter and the next one has to do with Katie and Rhuben. Sorry I didn't really show much of the football game, I don't really know a lot about football. I hope you guys really enjoyed this chapter, I really enjoyed writing it. I'll update again soon, only 6 chapters left, since I decided to make this a somewhat short story. But all of them will be longer chapters to make up for it (probably two girls in each one, or something like that). I'll update again soon.
Oh, btw, I've decided that I'm going to make this story a Patie (even though I don't have a preference of Natie or Patie as I like both pairings.)
Cheers,
-Riles
